Cricket cane



J. E. UNGER CRICKET CANE Sept. 16, 1952 Filed Oct. 8, 1951 Patented Sept. 16, 1952 UNITED;- -STATES I PATENT: OFFICE ij fgbafslofiiu f j lcitlctns'i: CANE' A Unger, Chicago, Ill. f spplietitajctoir 8,1951, seriaiNazso/is .-i'c'laiiiisf (01.464175) u c I v I {My invention relates to toys designed to make noise, I land more `particularly -tothe clacking variety of toy generally calleda cricket, and-fone object is ftoincorporate such a toy in a canelfor vfacilityv in4 handling the "toyj and applying *the same for the emission ofthe clacking sound." A'further object is to designa cane which Amay beshortv for striking over a table'or elevatedsur face, vorl `long for 'striking on the ground; Athe cricket toy'being incorporated in the body of-the cane. H Another object is to construct the vimproved cane with means for actuating the cricket toy on the depression of the cane when applying the same to a table or iioor. -r-An'additional object is to construct the improved toy with few and simple parts. With the above objects in view, and any others which may suggest themselves from the description to follow, a better understanding of the invention vmay be had byreference toythe'jaccompanying drawing, in which-fe.,` ,Y

v Fig, 1 is an elevation, partly section;` showing one form .of the cane andthefpositioniolf, the 'cricket'toy in relation to thesame;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the showing in Fig. 1, with the cricket toy shown in full;

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a section, partly in elevation, of a modied form of the cane; and

Figs. 5 and 6 are, respectively, sections on the lines 5-5 and 6--6 of Fig. 4.

In accordance with the foregoing, specic reference to the drawing indicates a conventional form of cane at I0, the same being a wooden rod about a foot long for the table type of cane or about three feet long for the floor type. In either case, the upper end of the rod carries a knob as a handle; and for one form of the invention the lower portion of the rod I0 enters slidably into a base I3. The latter is of cylindrical form and somewhat pointed at the lower end, as indicated at I4; and the Wall of the base is vertically slotted on opposite sides, as indicated at I6, to receive the end portions of a cross-pin I1 carried by the lower portion of the rod I0. The rod is thus locked in the base I3, but has leeway for a limited longitudinal movement relative to the same by virtue of the travel of the pin I1 in the slots I6.

The rod I0 carries a conventional cricket toy 20 at a point above the base I3; and the reel 2| of the cricket toy is inclined to meet the top of the base I3 and concaved in its free end as shown at 22 to clear the rod I0.

Aoi" the form IIfhe position of vthe cricket toy 20- relativeto the base I3 is such that the reed 2| is invthe normal or idle position when the pin I1 of the rod I0 is in the upper end of the base slots AI6.

Now, incase the rod Ill is depressed, the reed 2| acts to produce the clacking noise; and the tension of the reed 2| serves to raise therod I0 after the pressure thereon is released. y

For economy of manufacture, it is expedient to interpose the cricket toy 20 between upper and lower -sections of the rod I0. As shown in Fig. 4, the rod sections have a common longitudinal bore 25 which registers with a perforation 26 in the cricket toy. A dowel 21 is driven to pass through the perforation 26 and lodge in the sections of the bore, thereby uniting the rod sections with the cricket toy.v It is preferable that 'the dowel 21 be an iron screw on which the rod sections are threaded as they are assembled to receive the cricket toybetween them, this construction making for ample rigidity and providing a metallic reinforcement for the Wooden rod, -The `modified. form ofthe invention shown in Figs. 4 to 6 Vemploys -the basic construction first described, but eliminates the pinr|1 and slots I6. Instead, the lower portion of the rod l0 is reduced inside the base `I3 to form a plunger 30 having a head 3| at the bottom; and a compression spring 32 is interposed between the head .3| and the lower end of the base cavity. The depression of the rod I0 compresses the spring 32; and the latter acts to return the rod to its original height when pressure on the same has been released, a cross-pin 35 driven from the wall of the base I3 over the head 3| of the plunger serving as a stop in this connection.

While the action of the modied toy is the same las the one originally described, its purpose is to insure the return or rise of the rod I0 in case the reed 2| of the cricket toy 20 is not suciently responsive in this respect. Thus, the spring 32 insures the return of the rod to its original or raised position; and the extent Vto which the spring may be compressed also insures the engagement of the reed 2| with the top of the base at all times.

It will now be evident that the novel toy, whether in the original or modified form, provides a carrier for the cricket toy which dispenses with manual pressure on the same in order to operate it. Canes are a handy facility as toys, and have had wide popularity when used for shooting caps. In the present instance, the facility of the cane is retained -without the fire or injury hazard, and the cane is so constructed as to operate the popular cricket toy by the common or well-known mode of application of the cane. that is, to a table, floor or pavement. Also, the spring feature of the cricket toy reed is utilized in both forms of the invention to procure the return stroke of the cane, the modified form adding a special booster in the form of the spring 32 to insure this function. Further, it is necessary to make only one perforation in the cricket toy to adapt the same to the cane carrier; and this adaptation is fortified by inserting the cricket toy between sections of the cane rod which are reinforced by a metallic core both to keep them together and clamp the cricket toy rigidly between them. Finally, it will berapparent that the cane is made-ofonly two major parts which may be fabricated by well-known machine methods, so that the toy may be produced in quantities at low cost` While I have described the invention and its modification along specific lines, Various minor changes or refinements may be made therein without departing from the principle thereof, and I reserve the right to employ all such changes and refinements as may come within the scope and spirit of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A noise-making toy comprisinga rod formed with a handle at one end, a base at the other end, said rod being movable relative to thebase, and a clacking device carried by the rod and in cluding an actuator directed toward said base, the movement of the rod in the direction of the base inducing the operationl of said actuator, said clacking device' being interposed between sections of therod. v

2. A noise-making toy comprising a rod formed with a handle at one end. a base at the other end, said rod being movable relative to the base, and a clacking device carried by the rod and including an actuator directed toward said base, the movement of the rod in the direction of the base inducing the operationr of said actuator, said rod being made up of two longitudinally divided sections, and said clacking device being interposed between thei latter.

3. A noise-making toy comprising a rod fiined with a handle at one end. a base at the other end, said rod being movable relative to the base. and a clacking device carried by the rod and including an actuator directed toward said base, the movement of the rod in the direction of the base inducing the operation of said actuator, said clacking device having a sheet metal shank formed with a perforation, said rod being made upV of two longitudinally divided sections formed with communicating longitudinal bores in registration with said perforation when said shank is inserted between said sections, and a dowel lodged in said bores and passing through the perforation to secure the assembly of the sections and said shank. Y

4. A'noise-making toy comprising a rod formed with a handle at one end, a base at the other end, said rod being movable relative to the base, and a clacking device carried by the rod and including an actuator directedV toward said base, the movement of the rod in the direction of the base inducing theoperation of. said actuatonsaid clacking device having a sheet metal shank formed with a perforation, said rod being made up of two longitudinally dividedsections formed with communicating longitudinal tapped bores in registration with said perforation when said shank is inserted between said sections. and a screw threaded in saidbores and passing through the perforation to secure the assembly of the sections and said shank.

JOHN E'. UNGER'.

REFERENCES CITED" The following references are of record in the ile of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Brunetti v July H10,1951 

